While the coronavirus outbreak has meant the shutdown of programmes in public and private spheres, the Malaria Institute in Limpopo says it has systems in place to fight the spread of malaria infections in the province.
Organisations advocating for the adequate nutritional needs of children have cautiously welcomed the move from President Cyril Ramaphosa to increase social and economic relief for the next six months.
A number of nurses and nursing trade unions have voiced their disappointment about their apparent exclusion from the country’s relief measures — such as income tax breaks.
A five-level system will dictate what lockdown regulations are in place, or which ones fall away. From 1 May, the country will be on level four — with some easing up of lockdown protocols.
An ill new born baby has been discharged from the Van Velden Hospital in Tzaneen before recovery, the parents allege. The baby boy was subsequently diagnosed with meningitis.
Health officials in the North West province are working tirelessly to ensure that the Covid-19 screening and testing campaign is a success.
Scores of villagers have been left displaced after a thunderstorm struck rural Vhembe, Limpopo.
Economic relief is on the cards for the most vulnerable in the country, as the President announces measures to ease the burdens faced by those in food-scarce households, and the unemployed.
Mopani aims to screen 76 400 people daily as the District launches household screenings.
The deceased is the first death in the OR Tambo region, and his coronavirus diagnosis was only found out after he passed away.
Discussions about the schooling program for the rest of the year are still underway, but the majority of children who rely on the National School Nutrition Programme remain without access to their meals.
The Gauteng Provincial Command Council outlines measures to combat the spread of Covid-19 and mitigate its impact on the province’s most marginalised communities. OurHealth journalist Marcia Zali reports.
Fresh produce hawkers who meet government regulations are allowed to continue business, but in Limpopo and the Eastern Cape food vendors are worried about their safety, as the local government has failed to give them personal protective equipment.
Parents will be required to carry documentation to prove their relation to their children in the process of moving them
Residents of Empolweni, Khayelitsha faced a brutal eviction in the lead-up to Easter — and law centres and civil society groups alike strongly condemned the move from the City of Cape Town.
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